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Person gets fired for reaching workplace 20 minutes late for the first time in 7 years

A person was allegedly fired by his employer for reaching his workplace late for the first time in more than seven years. The incident was shared by one of the colleagues of the fired employee on Reddit. The post has been shared on the Antiwork forum on Reddit where the user revealed that the employee […]

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Reddit: American social media platform files paperwork to go public

Social media platform Reddit has announced that it has started the process to sell its shares on the stock market. In a confidential filing, it did not reveal how many shares it planned to sell or the price of the shares. In August, the company said it had raised $700 million in new funding, valuing […]

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Wedding photographer deletes all pictures in revenge after being denied food or break

A friend who filled in for a professional photographer at the wedding of a couple did not quite go well as the pictures did not quite see the light of day — literally and figuratively. The friend deleted all the photographs as revenge because he was not allowed to break to eat. Reddit user @Icy-Reserve6995 […]

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GameStop shares double on Wednesday surprising reddit traders

Shares of GameStop, an American video game and consumer electronics company, doubled suddenly on Wednesday afternoon surprising traders. GameStop stocks ended trading day by going nearly 104 percent up. Trading on the stock was halted twice on Wednesday afternoon. GameStop soared more than 1,600% in January as retail investors bought shares of the company to […]

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Reddit traders send silver price to eight-year high

The price of silver hit an eight-year high on Monday, amid social media calls to buy the metal and emulate the trading frenzy that surrounded US games retailer GameStop last week. The precious metal rose by as much as 11% to $30 an ounce, its highest value since 2013. Shares in a handful of smaller […]

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Australian YouTuber rescuing flipped sea turtle receives praise on Reddit

A video of family and friends chilling by the beach when they witness a sea turtle struggling on the hot sand is going viral (again) for all the right reasons. Originally uploaded by Aussie adventure YouTuber Brodie Moss aka Youngbloods — popular for his fishing and diving videos — back in 2018, the resurfaced video […]

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Mother recreates daughter’s childhood drawing from 10 years ago

A decade ago, Denise Esktrand’s young daughter drew a portrait of her. The work of art featured hollow eyebrows, well-defined eyelashes, and bold lipstick. “I’ve adored this picture as it hung over my makeup vanity for 12 years,” Ekstrand told Insider. “Not only do I love it because my daughter did it, [but] it reminds […]

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TikTok, Reddit exchange jibes after Reddit CEO calls TikTok “Fundamentally Parasitic”

Reddit CEO and co-founder Steve Huffman has caustic views about the viral app TikTok. According to TechCrunch, during a panel discussion at ”Social 2030” event with former public policy executive Elliot Schrage and former Facebook VP of Product Sam Lessin, Huffman said, “Maybe I’m going to regret this, but I can’t even get to that […]